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Cool story for y’all. #8490021
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I don’t know how the other service do it but in the Marine Corps, when you first get commissioned, you typically remember your first salute. New officers carry a silver dollar, generally from the year they were commissioned. The first enlisted Marine who happens to salute them gets the silver dollar.

I was starting the warrant officer basic school at Quantico, Virginia. There was an appointment ceremony and my family was there. My grandfather was present…he had served in the Navy during WWII and was no stranger to Marines. He was dropping them on islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Grandpa had developed macular degeneration and could only see out of the very corner of his eyes. When we were dismissed, he asked his wife, my grandmother, “Ann, which way is he going?!? Get me to the exit you think he’s going to!” Not knowing why, but sensing his urgency, she quickly ushered him to the door from which I’d likely appear outdoors - the only place Marines would have a cover on and would salute.

When I walked out the door from the FBI Academy theatre, there he was. Right there in the middle of the sidewalk. Not a souls was going to get in his way. He threw on his “LST-840” cap and stood straight and saluted me as proud as he could be. I nearly cried because I knew EXACTLY what he was doing.

He earned that 2007 silver dollar.

He died in 2010 and I’m probably one of the few to have received that coin back from their first salute. She’s in a coin case. Super proud of it

Thanks for reading, folks. Just needed to tell that story.


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490025
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Awesome!

He was proud of you.

Congratulations


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490026
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… great story… I sure enjoyed it

… thank y’all for your service


… my cousin was a Marine .. fought in the Middle East and loved it so much he did private security work over there after he was out

… came back home and got into an outlaw biker gang

… now he’s up high in a nonprofit for vets with ptsd


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490027
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Good stuff!!!

Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490028
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Thank You for that great story!!!


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490029
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That's a great story! Thank you for sharing.

Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490030
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Great story John.


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490031
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Doesn't get much better than that

Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490033
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Awesome, thanks for your service and your fathers service.


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490034
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That's awesome John!


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490039
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Way cool, thanks for sharing this.

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That's great I bet your grandpa was as proud as a peacock when you came out that door

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Great story, John.


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490110
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Great story John. Thank you both for your service my friend.


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Re: Cool story for y’all. [Re: USMC47 🦫] #8490114
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Very cool story. I hope that Virginia treated you well while you were here.

Thank you for your service!

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Wow.


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That's just too cool.


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Thanks for sharing that

I would bet there are very few, if any, that have been able to experience something that special

Great memory right there

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Cool

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Great story John!

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